Day: July 4, 2025

Former Young Liberals president Alex Dore compares push to Liberal party putting a trade union boss into a leadership position

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Leaked messages from a WhatsApp group of Liberal party members in New South Wales have labelled calls for gender quotas as “embarrassing”, as the push for stronger female representation grows.

The latest discord followed a meeting of the NSW Liberal Women’s Council on Wednesday night, where attenders said a majority of the women were in support of quotas and broad cultural change after May’s federal election loss.

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New code, backed by police and families of victims, calls on outlets not to approach bereaved within first 48 hours

Survivors of terror attacks and the families of those killed are among those calling on the media to adopt tighter guidelines on reporting the incidents, after some found out their loved ones had died from reporters on their doorstep.

A new reporting code backed by policing and media figures calls on outlets not to approach bereaved families within the first 48 hours after their loss and to instead make their inquiries via the police.

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